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Guinea declares new Ebola outbreak after death of three people – ABC News

Guinea has declared a new Ebola outbreak, the first resurgence of the disease there since the world’s worst outbreak in 2013-2016. It comes as the nation’s health…

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Guinea has declared a new Ebola outbreak, the first resurgence of the disease there since the world’s worst outbreak in 2013-2016.

  • Ebola has a much higher death rate than COVID-19
  • The virus causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea and is spread through contact with body fluids
  • Authorities said they had asked the World Health Organization for Ebola vaccines

The declaration follows at least three people in the nation’s south-east dying and another four people falling ill.
Tests for the virus came back positive.

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